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Kuo: iPhone 13 hardware could support LEO satellite communications; Apple may work with Globalstar to enable connectivity when not in 4G/5G range — The iPhone 13 will feature low earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication connectivity to allow users to make calls and send messages …
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| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
State media says China is restricting online gaming time of minors to 3 hours most weeks of the year, from 8pm to 9pm on Fridays, weekends, and public holidays — - The country is imposing its strictest limits yet on play time — Beijing is waging a campaign to groom productive youths
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| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
Jack Dorsey and Mike Brock say Square's TBD is building a Bitcoin-centric decentralized exchange for digital assets — Square's Cash App is a popular way for people to buy and sell Bitcoin, but CEO Jack Dorsey's love for the leading cryptocurrency is immense—and the financial services firm plans to do a lot more in the space.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple Watch Series 7 will get a flat edged design with 41mm and 45mm displays, and multiple new watch faces to take advantage of the larger sizes — This is the free version of Power On. If you like it, consider subscribing to Bloomberg.com — you'll receive this newsletter several hours earlier …
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| Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at social media stock pickers, many of whom generate more income from ad revenue than investment success, and how bullish advice brings more page views — Young investors are turning to a new generation of stock pickers—many without formal training—for advice.
Tweets: @rationalwalk, @dmac1, @bourreelam, @bradrubenstein, @mims, @vixologist, @stockjabber, @economicmanblog, @bclund, and @peter_atwater
| Bloomberg: |
S. Korea is expected to be the first country to pass a law to prevent app stores from mandating first-party IAP payment systems; assembly vote on 8/30 is likely — - New law will mandate free choice of app payment providers — Silicon Valley giants argue privacy, security under threat
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| Anna Kramer / Protocol: |
Interview with Apple engineer Cher Scarlett, who has become the face of the #AppleToo movement, a group that wants to shed light on workplace issues at Apple — When Apple security engineer Cher Scarlett opened the anonymous worker forum Blind on Friday afternoon, she saw …
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
ByteDance acquires VR headset maker Pico; according to IDC, Pico was the third-largest VR headset maker globally in Q1 2021 with shipments up 44.7% YoY — - TikTok owner ByteDance has made its first foray into virtual reality (VR) through the acquisition of a start-up called Pico.
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| Bloomberg: |
China starts a two-month campaign to crack down on websites and social media accounts that post financial information that “maliciously bad-mouths” its economy — China kicked off a two-month campaign to crack down on commercial platforms and social media accounts … | Benedict Evans: |
Many internet privacy proposals circulating today are in direct conflict with those to increase market competition, as they would further entrench big platforms — The consumer internet industry spent two decades building a huge, complex, chaotic pile of tools and systems to track and analyse …
| Miles Kruppa / Financial Times: |
Whoop, which makes a fitness tracker and sells a subscription-based health coaching app, raises $200M from SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 at a valuation of $3.6B — Funding enables fitness tracker start-up to challenge tech giants in health monitoring business — Whoop, which makes a fitness tracker …
Tweets: @dangraziano, @epaley, @micahjay1, @scottbelsky, and @willahmed
| Semiconductor Engineering: |
Q&A with Ann Kelleher, SVP & GM of Technology Development at Intel on the company's new logic roadmap, lithography, packaging, and process technology — Five process nodes in four years, high-NA EUV, 3D-ICs, chiplets, hybrid bonding, and more. — Ann Kelleher, senior vice president …
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